• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    What I’d really like to pull off is Kangatarianism. Based off Australia, the idea is you can eat meat, but only of “pest animals” we have too much of.

    It would be hard to set up, and may face regulatory scrutiny by USDA. I imagine a lot of deer/pig/turkey hunters would like having a way to sell their catch on. We’d also need to watch for “rat catcher” problems where people see the animal as suddenly lucrative and grow its population intentionally.

    • Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Heh. In my city there is a spot I regularly pass that is bird seeded and swarmed by pigeons.

      Thought it was a sweet old lady doing it until I saw a couple guys pull up in a van and start grabbing them up.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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        5 days ago

        Some of the homeless in Seattle do that, one of my ex partners used to when they were homeless too. Sometimes you do what you gotta do and pigeons is cheap calories

        • rainwall@piefed.social
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          5 days ago

          Pigeons are just doves, which are game birds. As long as you clean them properly, they should be fine to eat.